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Report: Police Find Possible Getaway Car Used In Wilkinsburg Mass Shooting

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Investigators looking into last month's ambush shooting in Wilkinsburg are making progress in the case.

According to our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, police found a possible getaway car and collected DNA samples from at least two people.

While no one has been arrested, police have someone who is considered to be a suspect in the case.

On Thursday, Robert Thomas, 27, was in court for a bond hearing on unrelated charges.

A detective testified that Thomas has been informed that he's a suspect in the Wilkinsburg shootings, and was a flight risk.

The judge revoked Thomas' bond, and said he was a danger to the community.

Earlier this week, Thomas, 27, and three others were arrested on various charges, including possession of narcotics with intent to deliver and receiving stolen property in the form of firearms.

The bond hearing directly involved the drug and weapons case in which Thomas is accused of having access to both heroin and six weapons, including an assault weapon.

Thomas is among four people questioned this week about the Wilkinsburg shootings, including Cheron Shelton, 29, who was questioned a week ago and again this week.

Police went to an apartment in Wilkinsburg to serve some warrants, including one for Shelton.

When they went inside the home and searched the residence, they found various guns in the front bedroom including an assault rifle, various handguns and a revolver. They also found ammunition.

In the middle living room, police say they found $8,402 in cash and a prescription. In the kitchen, police found heroin and drug paraphernalia.

At the end of March, Shelton was arrested for charges stemming from a March 12 search of a home in Homewood in which weapons and ammunition were seized.

Police have not called Shelton a suspect in the Wilkinsburg case, but are still investigating whether or not he's connected.

Five adults and an unborn child were killed back on March 9.

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